The book has probably been read as much by grown-ups as by young people, and no work of humour is more heartily to be commended as a Banisher of care.
"The Worlds Greatest Books Vol. II: Fiction"
Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
Fair guardian of domestic life, 59 Kind Banisher of homebred strife, Nor sullen lip, nor taunting eye Deforms the scene where thou art by: No sickening husband damns the hour Which bound his joys to female power; No pining mother weeps the cares Which parents waste on thankless heirs: The officious daughters pleased attend; The brother adds the name of friend: By thee with flowers their board is crown'd, With songs from thee their walks resound; 70 And morn with welcome lustre shines, And evening unperceived declines.
"Poetical Works of Akenside"
Mark Akenside
Walking became a torture, and the pain a Banisher of sleep.
"The Magnetic North"
Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)